GAZA, April 5, 2024 (WAFA) – A video footage of a paramedic whose body was found in a mass grave containing the bodies of 15 rescue workers killed by Israeli forces on March 23 in Rafah refuted the Israeli occupation's claims that it did not randomly attack the ambulances and failed to recognize them because they were without lights or emergency signals.

The video, published by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz and cited by the New York Times, clearly showed that the ambulances and fire trucks carrying the paramedics and civil defense personnel were clearly marked and had their emergency lights on when they were fired upon by Israeli forces.

The New York Times explained that the video, which it received from a senior UN diplomat, clearly shows the ambulances and a fire truck carrying 14 rescue and civil defense personnel with their emergency lights on when they came under fire, belying Israeli claims that the vehicles were "moving erratically" without lights or warning signals.

The New York Times confirmed that it had verified the timing and location of the video, in which a paramedic's voice is heard repeating the Shahada during the shooting.

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